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Steve Stewart-Williams (born 1971) is a Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham Malaysia, and author of the books Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life (2010) and The Ape That Understood the Universe (2018). He was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He studied at Massey university, where he completed a PhD in psychology and philosophy.
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βHumans are chimpanzees reciting Shakespeare β dunces with the technology of geniuses.β
βWeβre clusters of chemical reactions that contemplate deep truths about the nature of reality.β
βFrom a comparative perspective, we are a relatively monomorphic mammal, with relatively monomorphic minds.β
βHumans are as dependent on culture as we are on oxygen; without it, weβre as naked and vulnerable as a crab without a shell.β
βPsychology has made a lot less progress than it could have because too many psychologists know too little about other animals.β
βTo the extent that we accept this view, we effectively mistake ourselves for highly dimorphic animals such as peacocks or deer.β
βDoes female orgasm have an evolutionary function? Ironically, scientists have yet to come to a satisfying conclusion about this matter.β
βBy clamping down on male aggression, culture may make the sex difference in aggression smaller than it would otherwise have been.β
βEven in the age of science, we understand the motions of the distant, ancient stars better than we understand the organism observing them: ourselves.β
βJane Goodall once wrote about a female chimpanzee who mated with more than fifty males in a single day. This is uncommon among human beings, even in LA.β
βThe evolutionary explanation for the peacockβs tail has an interesting implication, namely that the mind of one sex can help shape the body of the other.β
βOne could even argue that our creative endeavours and achievements and small acts of kindness are all the more impressive against the backdrop of a purposeless universe.β
βA Ku Klux Klan member would be mortified to learn that he was actually a Black man. Many peopleβs reaction to learning that they are actually animals, or actually apes, is the same.β
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Steve Stewart-Williams on Zoology
βIt is not clear that people have fully taken on board the idea that humans are animals. If they had, then perhaps academic disciplines such as sociology and anthropology would be viewed as specialist branches of zoology; medical doctors would be viewed as a subtype of veterinarians (one that specializes in tending to the health needs of just one species); human rights would be viewed as a subset of animal rights; and the socialization of children would be viewed as one example of the training or domestication of animals (making parents and teachers a subtype of animal trainers).β
About Steve Stewart-Williams
Steve Stewart-Williams (born 1971) is a Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham Malaysia, and author of the books Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life (2010) and The Ape That Understood the Universe (2018). He was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He studied at Massey university, where he completed a PhD in psychology and philosophy.